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Don't like world hunger? Starve people yourself! Don't like murder? Start killing people!

• tome 17y ago
  That's not the point. The point is if you don't like what someone else (not something else) is doing to you, become one of them yourself.
  • grannyg00se 17y ago
    "if you don't like what someone else is doing to you, become one of them yourself" Someone is bullying my family. I'm to become a bully and harass their family? This seems childish at best and possibly an extremely harmful way to go about working through hardships. I think the idea is more along the lines of: "if you don't like the way a service is being provided, don't sit around and complain, try to do it better". It's a decent idea, but I think you're setting up for failure if you try to live this way. We can't all create new cable companies, new phone companies, new banks, and new ISPs just because we don't like the way the existing ones work. I can see the idea leading to a severe lack of focus. Imagine trying to rebuild something everytime you notice that you don't like the way the existing infrastracture works. I would suggest instead of rebuilding and likely becoming that which you despise, find a way around the problem so that you're no longer affected by it, or at least reduce your exposure.
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• RyanMcGreal 17y ago
  I guess you missed: >(Then clean it, so it's not shitty for anyone else again.)
• ibsulon 17y ago
  Obviously, some problems are harder than others. However, many of us come from backgrounds of some privilege. You have a computer and likely have the capacity to program. You speak English, the current language of commerce, and you likely live in a country where capital is available. You were born on at least first base. That means you're in a position to gather the resources to make a difference in these problems, even if you can't start today.